Extreme Cold/Wind Chill — Sawtooth-stanley Basin, Idaho

2022-02-22 to 2022-02-23 · Sawtooth-stanley Basin, Idaho

Event narrative

An extremely strong Canadian cold front brought wind chill readings of -37 at the Smiley Creek Airport at 800 AM on the 23rd and -27 at the Stanley Airport at 0751 AM on the 23rd.

Wider weather episode

The passage of a Canadian cold front brought extremely cold wind chill temperatures overnight on the 22nd into the daytime on the 23rd. Henry's Lake recorded the coldest wind chill temperature at 46 below zero at 730 AM on the 23rd.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1009487. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.